Stay Safe as a volunteer or as someone a volunteer is helping

The most important thing you can do to fight coronavirus is stay at home. This will protect the NHS and save lives.

You can leave the house to help someone who needs looking after. Even when you are doing this, you need to do so safely. Minimise the time you spend outside of home and make sure you are 2 metres (6 feet) apart from anyone outside of your household.

1. Stay safe as a volunteer

You can leave the house to help someone, for example to take them food and medicine.

If you are doing this, you must:

stay outside their home if you do not live with them, especially if they are at a higher risk from coronavirus or have symptoms

limit the time you spend outside your home for example by picking up their food or medicine with yours

stay 2 metres (6 ft) away if you do not live with them

not share a car with them

regularly wash your hands with soapy water for at least 20 seconds

If you do not follow this advice, you could put yourself at risk of infection, or risk spreading it to others.

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